The U.S. delegation will not offer an apology for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki when it attends a ceremony in Japan on Friday marking the 65th anniversary of the attacks, which brought World War II to an end.

State Department spokesman Noel Clay said no apology will be offered by the delegation, to be led by U.S. Ambassador John Roos, at the ceremony in Hiroshima.

"As Assistant Secretary [P.J.] Crowley stated, at this particular point, we thought it was the right thing to do," Clay said in an e-mail on Thursday. "Ambassador Roos will attend the ceremony to express respect for all the victims of World War II. From the tragedy of that war, the U.S. and Japan have become close friends and allies. We must continue to work together to ensure that such a tragedy does not happen again."

It is one of the absurdities of modern Political Leftism. They want to argue that it was some how immoral to use the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs. That we could of Besieged the Japanese islands and forced them to surrender

That is utter nonsense. The infrastructure of the Japanese islands was breaking down. Japan could not feed itself and relied on food imports. Instead of killing Japanese Civilians in the tens of thousands. The Leftist Siege would of killed millions from disease, starvation and malnutrition. Eve then there is no indication that would of broke the Japanese will. Japanese soldiers hung on various pacific islands for decades after WW 2 ended. Even after the bombs dropped die hard militarists tried to stop the Emperor from surrendering.

Then there is the question. What response would the Japanese been to an invasion and occupation. Given our recent experience with the Iraqis and Insurgency what do you suppose a Japanese Insurgency would of done?

It is possible the Japanese would not have survived as a people? The Japanese civilian and military casualties on Siapan and Okinawa were horrific. Give the intensifying tempo of suicide attacks by the Japaneses,the fire power brought down on the Japanese Home Island prior to and during an Invasion would of killed tens of thousands if not millions of civilians as well as military forces.

Dropping the Atomic bombs was an act of humanity that preserved tens of thousands, if not millions, of lives.

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posted on 08/05/2010 11:22:31 AM PDT
by MNJohnnie
(The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)

"We welcome the visit," he told The Associated Press. "But without an apology, it is difficult for us. We aren't asking for reparations. We simply want the U.S. to apologize and get rid of its nuclear arsenal."

Included in that is the assumption, at the time, we saved over a million of our boys lives by dropping the bomb. War is not about saving the agressor, it’s about stopping the aggressor from destroying us.

In todays world, we have seemed to forget that fact. We are using our greatest resource, our kids, to further others desires.

The leftist scum now in power despise America, its history and the vast majority of its people (who they regard either as sheep to be led or enemies to be marginalized and destroyed). Try and imagine how WWII would have turned out with the likes of Resident Hussein and his cronies in power. This bunch is ignorant but thinks itself wise; cowardly but thinks itself heroic; lawless but thinks itself principled. This bunch is corrupt, autocratic and defeatist. Their only goal is power and they will use any expedient means to attain and hold it.

The Japanese were preparing for our invasion. They were even arming women and children with spears to fight us. They were going to fight to the last man, woman, and child, to destroy themselves as a race rather than surrender. Our dropping of the bomb stopped this carnage. They should thank us for ending the war with the few thousand casaulties the two bombs caused. And while at it, thank us for preventing the Russians from occupying Japan, and for bringing in democracy and supporting their economy.

It is one of the absurdities of modern Political Leftism. They want to argue that it was some how immoral to use the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs. That the US could have besieged the Japanese islands and forced them to surrender

That is utter nonsense. The infrastructure of the Japanese islands was breaking down. Japan could not feed itself and relied on food imports. Instead of killing Japanese civilians in the tens of thousands. The Leftist siege would have killed millions from disease, starvation and malnutrition.

Even then there is no indication that would have broke the Japanese will. Japanese soldiers hung on various Pacific islands for decades after WW 2 ended. Even after the bombs dropped die hard militarists tried to stop the Emperor from surrendering.

Then there is this question. What response would the Japanese been to an invasion and occupation? Given our recent experience with the Iraqis and Insurgency what do you suppose a Japanese Insurgency would have done?

It is possible the Japanese would not have survived as a people? The Japanese civilian and military casualties on Siapan and Okinawa were horrific. Give the intensifying tempo of suicide attacks by the Japaneses,the fire power the US would have brought down on the Japanese Home Islands prior to, and during, an invasion would have killed tens of thousands, if not millions, of Japanese civilians as well as both Japanese and US military forces.

Dropping the atomic bombs was an act of humanity that preserved tens of thousands, if not millions, of lives.

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posted on 08/05/2010 11:45:37 AM PDT
by MNJohnnie
(The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)

Its making the Japanese look like theyre the poor people, like they didnt do anything, he said. They hit Pearl Harbor, they struck us. We didnt slaughter the Japanese  we stopped the war.

The Japs are throwing their annual August Pity Party. It would get less coverage if they had detonated their own atomic bomb, it would make them less pitiable. Some say they did, in the last days of the war after Nagasaki just as the Russians were overrunning Manchuria.

Just take the civilian casualties on Okinawa and extrapolate that to the home islands' population and millions would have died. And it would have been very bad for the American troops too. A lot of men who came home wouldn't have.

A siege would have accomplished nothing. The bombing campaign was winding down because there was almost nothing left for LeMay to destroy. But they would not surrender. Even after two atomic bombs were dropped there was determined opposition to surrender and the decision was a very near thing.

The Japanese had been brainwashed about Americans and what would happen to them if they were captured by American forces. There were many suicides off "suicide cliff" on Okinawa, even as American troops begged them not to jump. Imagine mass suicides like that across Japan.

As Marine Corporal Melvin Grant, whose brother Scott had been killed at Kunishi Ridge, recalled nearly 61 years after the first bomb fell: “We were thrilled, utterly thrilled when we heard the news. Using the bomb was the thing to do, and we did it, and I had absolutely no regrets. We did it to save lives...”

“I was happy and relieved,” added Sergeant Jack Armstrong if the First Marine Tank Battalion. “Hearing about the bomb gave all of us a big lift, and for the first time in a long time, we felt there was a ray of hope. Maybe we wouldn’t have to invade Japan after all. Maybe I’d actually make it home alive.”

(From “The Ultimate Battle - Okinawa 1945 - the Last Epic Struggle of World War II,” by Bill Sloan.)

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